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F. RUSHTON;

GARTEIDGE SHELL EXTRAGTOR FOR FIRE ARMS. PTO-323,368. Patented July 28, 1885.

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NEE YATES CARTRIDGESHELL EXTRACTOR FOR FIREARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,368, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed April 22, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK RUSHTON, of Provo City, county of Utah, Utah Territory, have invented a new and Improved Cartridge- Shell Extractor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved implement for extracting cartridge-sheels from the breech ends of riflebarrels.

The invention consists of the combination of parts, ineludin g their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of the breechof a rifle provided with my improved shell-extractor, parts being in section and others broken out. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line 00 cc, Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the extracting-jaws.

The lever A is pivoted at its upper end on a crosspin, B, in the shell-chamber O, and is provided at its end on each side with a curved shoulder,D,against which the shoulders E=of extracting-jaws F rest, which jaws are mounted to turn on the pin B, and are arranged at the sides of the breech. The upper ends of the jaws F pass into recess in the under side of the barrel at the butt-end. Each jaw is provided at .its upper end and on the inner side with a recess, 1, for receiving the rear end of the shell H, and with a curved shoulder, K, for receiving the bead or flange J at the butt-end of the cartridge. By pushing the shell into the breech end of the barrel the bead J of the cartridge strikes the shoulders K of the jaws F, and presses the upper ends of the jaws into the recesses G, as shown in Fig. 1.

To extract the cartridge, the lever A is swung in the direction of the arrow a, and the ends of the shoulders D on the lever A strike the ends of the shoulders E of the jaws F, and swing the upper ends of the levers F in the direction of the arrow 1) and extract the shell. -As the shell is gripped at both sides, it cannot bind, and the extractors are not apt to break. The lever A is then swung in the inverse direction of the arrow a, and by inserting the new cartridge the jaws F are swung in the inverse direction of the arrow 1).

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a cartridge-shell extractor, the parallel pivoted jaws,with their lower rounded ends formed at the forward sides with shoulders, and with their upper ends shouldered to act upon the head or flange of the cartridge, in combination with the lever, with its upper end provided upon the sides with curved shoulders, the forward ends of which shoulders act upon the shoulders of the lower ends of the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cartridge-shell extractor, the parallel pivoted jaws,with their lower rounded ends formed at the forward sides with shoulders, and with their upper ends recessed to hug or embrace the sides of the cartridge-shell, and shouldered to act upon the flange or bead of the cartridge-shell, in combination with the lever, with its upper end provided upon the sides with curved shoulders, the forward ends I of which shoulders act upon the shoulders of the lower ends of the jaws, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' FRANK RUSHTON.

Witnesses:

Gno. M. BROWN, ALONZO A. NooN. 

